Tellina

Tellina is a widely distributed genus of marine bivalve molluscs, in the family Tellinidae.[1]

Tellina
Exterior of one valve of Tellina fabula
Exterior of a valve of Tellina scobinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Cardiida
Superfamily: Tellinoidea
Family: Tellinidae
Genus: Tellina
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

See text.

Synonyms[1]
  • Cadella Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
  • Fabulina Gray, 1851
  • Megangulus Afshar, 1969
  • Moerella Fischer, 1887
  • Pinguitellina Iredale, 1927
  • Scutarcopagia Pilsbry, 1918

Species
  • Tellina aequistriata Say, 1824: striate tellin
  • Tellina agilis Stimpson, 1857: northern dwarf tellin, northern dwarf-tellin
  • Tellina alerta Boss, 1964
  • Tellina alternata Say, 1822: alternate tellin
  • Tellina americana Dall, 1900: American tellin
  • Tellina amianta Dall, 1900
  • Tellina angulosa Gmelin, 1791: angulate tellin
  • Tellina bodegensis Hinds, 1845: Bodega tellin
  • Tellina brevirostris Deshayes, 1855
  • Tellina candeana D'Orbigny, 1842: cande tellin, wedge tellin
  • Tellina carpenteri Dall, 1900: Carpenter tellin
  • Tellina cerrosiana Dall, 1900
  • Tellina charlottae E.A. Smith, 1885
  • Tellina coani Keen, 1971
  • Tellina colorata Dall, 1900: tinted tellin
  • Tellina consobrina D'Orbigny, 1842: consobrine tellin
  • Tellina cristallina Spengler, 1798: crystal tellin
  • Tellina cumingii Hanley, 1844
  • Tellina diantha Boss, 1964
  • Tellina donacina
  • Tellina edgari Iredale, 1915
  • Tellina elucens Mighels, 1845
  • Tellina eugonia Suter, 1913
  • Tellina euvitrea Boss, 1964: shiny tellin
  • Tellina exerythra Boss, 1964: bloodless tellin
  • Tellina fabula Gmelin, 1791
  • Tellina fausta Pulteney, 1799: favored tellin
  • Tellina flucigera Dall, 1908
  • Tellina gaimardi Iredale, 1915: angled wedge shell
  • Tellina gibber von Ihering, 1907
  • Tellina gouldii Hanley, 1846: cuneate tellin
  • Tellina guildingii Hanley, 1844: guilding tellin
  • Tellina huttoni E.A. Smith, 1885
  • Tellina idae Dall, 1891: Ida tellin
  • Tellina inaequistriata Donovan, 1802
  • Tellina iris Say, 1822: rainbow tellin
  • Tellina juttingae Altena, 1965: jutting tellin
  • Tellina laevigata Linnaeus, 1758: smooth tellin
  • Tellina lamellata Carpenter, 1855
  • Tellina lineata Turton, 1819: rose-petal tellin
  • Tellina linguafelis Linnaeus, 1758
  • Tellina listeri Röding, 1798: speckled tellin
  • Tellina magna Spengler, 1798: great tellin
  • Tellina martinicensis D'Orbigny, 1842: Martinique tellin
  • Tellina mera Say, 1834: pure tellin
  • Tellina meropsis Dall, 1900: oval tellin
  • Tellina modesta Carpenter, 1864: plain tellin
  • Tellina nicoyana Hertlein & Strong, 1949
  • Tellina nitens C. B. Adams, 1845: shiny dwarf tellin, shiny dwarf-tellin
  • Tellina nuculoides Reeve, 1854: salmon tellin
  • Tellina oahuana
  • Tellina ochracea Carpenter, 1864
  • Tellina oligoscissulata Jung, 1969
  • Tellina pacifica Dall, 1900
  • Tellina paramera Boss, 1964: perfect tellin
  • Tellina persica Dall et Simpson, 1901: apricot tellin
  • Tellina pristiphora Dall, 1900
  • Tellina probina Boss, 1964: slandered tellin
  • Tellina proclivis Hertlein et Strong, 1949
  • Tellina prora Hanley, 1844
  • Tellina punicea Born, 1778: watermelon tellin
  • Tellina pygmaea
  • Tellina radiata Linnaeus, 1758: sunrise tellin
  • Tellina reclusa Dall, 1900
  • Tellina recurvata Hertlein et Strong, 1949
  • Tellina rickettsi Coan & Valentich-Scott, 2010
  • Tellina rubescens Hanley, 1844
  • Tellina sadeghianae Coan & Valentich-Scott, 2010
  • Tellina sandix Boss, 1968
  • Tellina scobinata Linnaeus, 1758
  • Tellina serrata Brocchi, 1814
  • Tellina similis J. Sowerby, 1806: candystick tellin
  • Tellina simulans C. B. Adams, 1852
  • Tellina spenceri Suter, 1907: Spencer's wedge shell
  • Tellina squamifera Deshayes, 1855: crenulate tellin
  • Tellina steinbecki Coan & Valentich-Scott, 2010
  • Tellina suberis Dall, 1900
  • Tellina sybaritica Dall, 1881
  • Tellina tabogensis Salisbury, 1934
  • Tellina tampaensis Conrad, 1866: Tampa tellin
  • Tellina tenella A. E. Verrill, 1874: delicate tellin
  • Tellina tenuis
  • Tellina texana Dall, 1900: say tellin, Texas tellin
  • Tellina variegata
  • Tellina versicolor DeKay, 1843: many-colored tellin
  • Tellina vespuciana (d'Orbigny, 1842): Vespucci tellin
  • Tellina virgo Hanley, 1844
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References
  1. Gofas, S. (2011). Tellina Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138533 on 2012-01-08
  • ITIS
  • Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand, 1979. ISBN 0-00-216906-1.
  • Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand, 1979. ISBN 978-0-85467-054-3.
  • Eugene V. Coan & Paul Valentich-Scott. "Three new species of Tellina (Bivalvia, Tellinidae) from the Panamic Province." Zootaxa 2715 (2010): 55-58.
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